So Close to My Heart - Dar Williams

I never had a friend as close as you

So close to my heart

I dropped everything when you came through

So close to my heart

And I put my pens and my paint box aside

Oh so close to my heart

And the river that ran down the rock face dried

Oh so close to my heart

When you were close to my heart

It was an honor that you ran so free

So close to my heart

I thought I’d lost something forever, silly me

So close to my heart

But the place you hid in as bare as it seems

So close to my heart

It held my will in its infinite dreams

So close to my heart

When you were close to my heart

So now you’re gone and now we’ll both find our ways

So close to our hearts

By the forge that leaves a stamp on each day

So close to our hearts

And we’ll long to make great things in our lives

So close to our hearts

And we’ll wonder if what we make survives

Oh to the beat of the heart

It’s the work of the heart

But you were close to my heart